Posted on 06/06/2013 7:43:24 PM PDT by ak267
U.S. RIFLE, CALIBER 7.62MM, M14 - OPERATION AND CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING - National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 36734 / Local Identifier 111-TF-2970 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). DESIGN AND CAPABILITIES - FIELD STRIPPING PROVISIONS - CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING - FEEDING, CHAMBERING, LOCKING, FIRING, ETC. - SEMIAUTOMATIC AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.
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“Bring Enough Gun” (Slogan on Springfield Armory shirt showing M14.)
AWESOME! Funny to watch down the line and see the heads poppin’ with the recoil.
I would love to have one but would like even more having an FN/FAL.
Good training movie. Mini 14’s are great weapons too.
Yep, I got two of the little fellas and I just love the buggers.
A treat to own and fire.
Wish I had’t dropped mine in the lake in that boating accident.
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M14/M1A battle rifle continually proves itself over the decades.
I borrowed an M14 from my uncle back in the 60’s. Wish he’d let me keep it.
I did basic in ‘65 and remember all this (sigh), except .. we never had an auto option, or I don’t remember it.
Auto options are over-rated; unless you’re facing a charge at fifteen feet, it’s largely an enormous waste of ammunition.
Anyway, that M-14... very sweet.
Qual’ed with the M14 at Quantico, OCS in 1972. Awesome weapon. Had to shoot the M15 thereafter. Not so Awesome IMHO.
I qualified on the M-14 in 1969. They all had the select fire button & disconnector but only those designated as the `squad automatic rifle’ were equipped with the select fire lever to go full auto.
I love my M1A which replaces the M-14 of my youth. Even after forty years of qualifying on the M-16 which to me is still a large toothbrush. Carried it in Vietnam. Sucks.
Finest rifle ever manufactured.
My, this brings back many memories.
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Below: 16s Light (.223)
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